Improving productivity and soil fertility in Medicago sativa and Hordeum marinum through intercropping under saline conditions

Table 3 ANOVA analysis of the variation in cultivation mode, treatment, number of harvests, and their interactions on plant nutrient acquisition

Trait	Mean	Cultivation mode (CM)		Treatment (T)		Harvest period (H)		CM x T		CM x H		H x T		CM x H x T
Trait	Mean	F	P	F	P	F	P	F	P	F	P	F	P	F	P
Na⁺	2.42	15.21	0.000	132.39	0.000	96.75	0.000	11.16	0.000	10.34	0.000	1.52	0.225	4.54	0.008
K⁺	2.26	1.77	0.169	4.99	0.031	0.275	0.761	3.59	0.022	3.4	0.009	4.24	0.046	3.44	0.026
K⁺/ Na⁺	1.05	8.80	0.000	12.11	0.001	142.18	0.000	0.85	0.472	6.33	0.000	0.76	0.389	0.60	0.616
Ca²⁺	22.42	37.18	0.000	1.87	0.179	71.78	0.000	6.19	0.001	45.10	0.000	22.36	0.001	18.38	0.000
Mg²⁺	1.46	32.33	0.000	0.32	0.576	9.6	0.000	10.1	0.000	22.99	0.000	12.97	0.001	9.01	0.000
Ca²⁺/Mg²⁺	15.56	3.85	0.016	0.31	0.579	30.83	0.000	2.57	0.067	20.3	0.000	0.95	0.337	3.67	0.02

F: Snedecor-Fisher coefficient. Significant (P ≤ 0.05); not significant (P > 0.05)

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